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http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/01/0107-links-pt1-death-of-qassem.htmlFrom Ian: The Death of Qassem Suleimani Is a Strategic Victory for the U.S. Last week, an American drone strike killed Qassem Suleimani, who for over two decades led Iran’s Quds Force—which of late has […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/01/the-flood-libel-returns-with-new-twist.html From Middle East Monitor: Israel yesterday opened one of the gates of its rainwater stores east of Gaza, allowing rainwater to flood large swathes of Palestinian land, Ma’an reported. The Palestinian Ministry of Agriculture […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/01/palestinians-protest-greek-orthodox.html Protesters demonstrated Monday in the plaza outside the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, in an attempt to block the entrance of the Greek Orthodox Patriarch Theophilus III from attending the midnight mass of […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/01/palestinian-prime-minister-admits-they.htmlt  I have been reporting on how the PLO had signed the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) in 2014 – without any real intention of implementing it, but to […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/01/lebanese-security-source-says-us.html Ashraq al Awsat reports that a contingent of US Marines have been dispatched from Italy to Lebanon to shore up protection for the US Embassy in the Awkar section of Beirut there, in wake […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2020/01/on-trail-of-what-is-left-of-he-cicurel.htmlEgyptian Tarek Heggy is a liberal author and academic, known for his interest in Jews and Israel. So when offered  the opportunity to show descendants of the prominent Cicurel family around his home country, he […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/01/0106-links-pt2-dont-confuse-me-with.htmlFrom Ian: Ben Cohen: The multiple faces of anti-Semitism Several years ago, in an article for Commentary magazine, I offered a distinction between two kinds of anti-Semitic mindsets. I named the first one “bierkeller” anti-Semitism […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/01/the-jewish-left-is-silent-when-white.htmlFrom Iran’s Tasnim News: Gen. Soleimani’s Assassination Extra-Judicial, War Crime: Ex-US Senate CandidateTEHRAN (Tasnim) – Mark Dankof, a former US Senate candidate, called the US assassination of Lt. General Qassem Soleimani “extra-judicial” and a “war […]